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‘You Are Not Leaving Without Us’: Why Disabled Astronauts Are Key to Humanity’s Future in Space
“I went silent,” Dwayne Fernandes told me. “I shut the hell up.” Fernandes, a double-amputee since the age of 11, was recounting his experience in weightlessness, having recently participated in a parabolic flight alongside a disabled research crew. The zero-g flight threw him into a deeply contemplative state, and as the crew celebrated its successful…
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Fuel Cleanup Underway After Rocket Crash in Alaska
When ABL Space System’s RS1 rocket exploded shortly after liftoff from the Pacific Spaceport Complex — Alaska on January 10, the resulting black mushroom cloud was visible from at least about 40 km away. In a phone call with Gizmodo, one Kodiak Island resident, who requested anonymity for employment reasons, described the sight of the…
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Freak Forecast: Half the U.S. Set to Freeze While Other Half Faces Record-High Temps
A diagonal line stretching from New Mexico to Massachusetts is set to effectively split the country in half this week. Aside from a narrow range in the middle of the divide, most places to the west and north of the split will face temperatures far below average along with intense winter storms, while states to…
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Ohio Train Derailment Latest: Residents Attempt Home Cleanups, EPA Removes Soil
It has been nearly two weeks since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Northeastern Ohio, and emergency response agencies are still working to lower hazardous chemical exposure risk for East Palestine residents near the derailment cleanup site.